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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Top 10 cities with the worst commute, global edition]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[If you visit (http://www.kleanindustries.com/s/PressReleases.asp?ReportID=407878) you will get the exact same report. Even down to &quot;So what can be done? I spoke with Naveen Lamba,&quot; . Who actually spoke with Mr. Lamba, was it you Adrian?.  One suspects a little plagurism is abound!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Umstgetreal]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:33:35 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[My city is not listed!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[While we all like to think that our suffering is the worst, reality is that if your city is not listed is because it is not the worst.According to the article it seems that from the questions they were able to gauge how much the traffic affects the people and the economy, How frequent there are traffic jams are and how long the peak hour lasts.E.g. Peak time in Toronto is awful but comparatively speaking it is fairly the same as a regular non peak time business day in Mexico City. This despite the fact that each car in Mexico city MUST stay home one day of the week (or two under some circumstances).]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rarsa]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:55:40 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The study is obvously flawed]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I live in Melbourne, and yes, the traffic can get bad, but nothing like Sydney, Manila, Bangkok, Shenzhen, Auckland and Seoul - all cities that have exereinces really bad traffic - worse than my wort ever traffic jam in Melboune.  Locals in all of those cities confirmed that the bad traffic was normal.  This tells me that study must have been flawed in it's method and therefore invalid as the basis for the article apart from general lessons that all big cities have traffic problems to some extend ot another...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[OzDot]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 00:43:51 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Top 10 cities with the worst commute, global edition]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Having lived in Trinidad &amp; Tobago and travelled in London, NYC, Toronto, Vancouver, Miami, Washington, Dallas, LA, Paris, Cairo and Rome to name a few, I've come to the conclusion that all large cities suffer the same problem when it comes to traffic jams etc. Here in Port of Spain, T&amp;T a ten minute commute at night turns out to be 1.5 hours at peak periods. One of the options being looked at is a Rapid Rail system. London, in 2003 installed a toll charge to enter the central area, backed up by cctv traffic monitoring and electronic billing to commuters entering the area. It was reported that there was an approximately 30% reduction in traffic in the first month. Maybe that should guide the rest of the world in their options.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Henfracar]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:25:23 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[I believe the  solution to traffic congestion, is to get people out of their personal automobiles. And into a mass transit system.  The growing population does not need more roads, but instead, less personal automobiles, on the road. When planners plan mass transit systems. The first thing they need to do. Is figure out where to place destination stations. These would be the large installations, where large numbers of people are employed. Such as government installations. Then they can look at the hundreds of neighborhoods. And figure out where they can place park and ride parking lots. And starting stations. Which would be where the transit vehicles, would leave from.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 16:01:00 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Well, 8,192 motorists in 20 cities is only 400 people surveyed per country. Not much of a survey.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mundomaga]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 14:42:57 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Okay, driving to/from the cities mentioned can be a nightmare.But more important, what's the public transportation like?Don't we want to reduce pollution?What are the cities doing to improve public transportation?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Negold]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 04:20:49 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[And where is Karachi i also face this problem in my city, how you conduct this survey i also now where i living is that place impact problem on me. If any one knows share their thought with me.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:39:38 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[The authors of this story have obviously never been to Jakarta!!!!!!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[HappyAsLarry]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:49:00 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why is it that this study confines itself to commuting by car only.  In These cities  there is public transport available, yet no mention is made of any alternate way to get around other than by car.It seriously call into question the conclusions drawn.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:07:57 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Missed the boat entirely on this one folks.  Melbourne gets a mention and Sydney doesn't?  Sydney has to be in the worst top 10 the commute here is truly atrocious on any form of transport you care to mention. frankh. Sydney, Australia]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[malfmilf]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:18:10 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[More and more frequent &quot;spare the air days&quot; (no fireplaces, bbqs, any outside bonfires, etc., plus discouraged commuting) in San Francisco and the Bay Area illustrate the horrendous pollution coming all the way across the vast Pacific Ocean, primarily from the China mainland.  So nice of them to share their smog with us along with our jobs.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:03:04 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Montreal and SF were also bad but just at peak hours]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Montreal and SF (specially coming from San Jose) can get pretty tiring but just at peak time that does not last as long as in Mexico or NYC.Thankfully now I live in a decent sized city (Kitchener, Ontario) and my commute is 10 minutes from the city's North outskirt to downtown.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rarsa]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:22:54 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[From that list I've driven in Mexico City, NYC, DC and Toronto]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I don't understand how Toronto can be higher in the list than NYC. I guess people here in Canada like to complain more.Answering to &quot;pgm554&quot; Yes, we want to think that our pain is the worst, but having driven there and in those other cities, The beltway is a Sunday drive compared.3 hour traffic jams in Mexico City is nothing rare, actually, most days are like that. A 45minute commute for a 10 KM drive? that's a normal drive to school.NYC: 1.5 hours just to cross the Holland tunnel (in a good day).As for Toronto? mostly when it rains or there is snow, I have no clue why people cannot drive under those normal conditions.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rarsa]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:17:05 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bicycle lanes in Stockholm?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Not sure if that helps. (much). They have bicycle lanes in Beijing the size of regular traffic lanes separated by concrete medians with trees planted in them (at least some of them). I was in a taxi there who pulled into one to drop me off. The policeman on the corner came over and wrote him a ticket for going through the bike lane. I guess the traffic was getting to him.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mudpuppy1]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:16:22 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Top 10 cities with the worst commute, global edition]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[DC is rated number 3 in US in terms of commutes,so how does Houston rate over DC?http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-01-19/americas-75-worst-commutes/full/]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[pgm554]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:38:15 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[I would like to respond to this article but my brain was so badly damaged by the pollution in Mexico City and I can't think of anything to say. ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ITOdeed]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:28:39 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Never driven the beltway in DC have they?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[pgm554]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:26:46 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Guangzhou China Did Not Make the List?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I remember in the 1980's flying in to Hong Kong. From many miles away over the ocean you could see the island... clearly. You could see the buildings as the plane approached.Fast forward to 2003 flying in to Hong Kong, all you could see was... well, it looked like we were in a cloud that started way off shore from the ocean. After landing, the pollution was so bad you could not even see across the tarmac. And that was Hong Kong.Took a train to Guangzhou. Clear skies? No clouds? It was kind of like Henry Ford said with his cars. Paraphrasing... the sky can be any color you want as long as it is a dirty grey color. Busses belching polluted smoke, everyone covering their noses and mouths with handkerchiefs.Very, very, very hard to breathe without coughing after every breath. It was worse than Los Angeles in the 1970's. I can not believe it did not make the list.The Chinese government really needs to do something to crack down on all the air and water pollution in China. They are moving towards a lot of solar, but the pollution will be so bad that direct sunlight will probably not even reach the solar panels. Which is a shame. The country is beautiful. And the people there are very friendly. They deserve better.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Albee_Freeoneday]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:18:11 -0700</pubDate>
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